Job Description
ARD Manager
Reports to: Director of Special Education
Date: 10/12/2022
Primary Purpose:
The ARD Manager is responsible for coordination, planning and preparation of compliance
documents for students eligible for Special Education services, to ensure federal and state
timeline requirements are met. The ARD Manager is responsible for working with the PCC Staff
in maintaining all data integrity regarding PEIMS reporting for all special needs students
including date of ARDs, instructional setting, and student disability. The ARD Manager serves
more than one campus.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree – Special Education certification
Special Knowledge/Skills:
- Knowledge of all applicable federal, state, local laws, and guidelines and procedures.
- Knowledge about instructional materials, technology, and state evaluation methods.
- Skilled in communicating effectively with others.
- Skilled in working with computer tools, including but not limited to, email, internet, word
documents and spreadsheets.
- Skilled in working in collaborative team-based environments.
- Skilled in working with and presenting to diverse populations of students, parents, and
community members.
- Ability to exercise good judgment in decision making, especially in difficult circumstances.
- Skilled in human relationships, conflict resolution strategies and procedures; and team building
methods and techniques.
Experience:
At least 2 years teaching experience, preferably in an at-risk setting, including experience
teaching students with disabilities and other students with diverse learning needs; experience
with eStar, or other computer-based documentation system preferred.
Salary:
Teacher salary schedule + Stipend
Days: 187
Essential Job Functions:
- Schedules, or assists in scheduling, Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings and
notifies parents of the ARD meeting, including distribution of ARD calendar to appropriate ARD
Committee members in a timely fashion; ensures that IEP elements are completed in applicable
cases; notifies all appropriate school personnel of ARD meetings/ARD schedule changes.
- Ensures that federal/state timelines are met with respect to functions of ARD Committee
meetings; requests for additional assessments and required timelines set by ARD Committee, in
collaboration with the assessment team members.
- Monitors ARD paperwork completed by campus personnel in accordance with district
guidelines; completes and turns in ARD paperwork to official audit file within 72 hours of the
meeting.
- Works with the PCC Staff in maintaining data integrity regarding PEIMS reporting for all
special needs students including date of ARDs, instructional setting, and student disability.
- Provides for systematic communication among special and general education personnel (with
respect to ARD meetings and decisions, IEPs, accommodations needed in the general education
setting, relevant instructional concerns and progress).
- Assists campus administrator(s) to ensure compliance with ARD decisions guaranteed to
students with disabilities by state/federal law; ensures compliance with local policies and
procedures outlined for this population.
- Completes lists, forms, reports, PEIMS forms, and data required by the Special Education
Office by due dates (e.g., transportation forms, EYS forms, etc).
- Maintains current state assessment test lists; referral lists, and referrals for related services
evaluation; maintains communication among assessment, service providers, and related services
personnel.
- Holds staffing with teachers and administrators prior to ARD meetings.
- Conducts failure/level change ARDs when needed
- Review all paperwork before submission, to ensure accuracy and completion
- Attends Special Education Department staff meetings; attends relevant professional
development.
- Dependable performance requires reliable and dependable attendance.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor or other administrator that are consistent
with the general requirements and qualifications for the position.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Equipment used:
Personal or laptop computer, printer, copier, fax machine, shredder, calculator, telephone,
electronic mobile devices, projector, video display monitor
Working Conditions:
Physical Demands /Mental Demands/ Environmental Factors:
The working conditions described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
Regular co-op wide travel to multiple work locations as assigned. Regularly sit, talk or hear;
frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; frequent repetitive hand motions;
prolonged use of computer; occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; occasionally required
to stand, walk reach with hands and arms; vision abilities include close vision; and color vision,
regularly work with frequent interruptions, maintain emotional control under stress; the noise
level is usually moderate. The employee may spend long hours in intense concentration which
requires attention to detail. There are a number of deadlines associated with this position, which
may cause significant stress. The employee must also deal with a wide variety of people on
various issues. Regularly perform multiple, highly complex, tasks with a need to periodically
upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions and compliance with legal guidelines.
Flexibility is required to independently work with others in a wide variety of circumstances and
integrating into different school environments. Predictable and regular attendance expected.
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not
an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
